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enCopyright 2012Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:14:25 -0600In Myanmar, hopes for an art renaissanceYANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar artist Nyein Chan Su's paintings have a breezy simplicity. Broad, colourful strokes and exaggerated figures, often in silhouette, capture an isolated country steeped in Buddhist culture but blighted by years of military rule.But selling them has been anything but simple. For two decades, sanctions imposed in response tohttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/06/in_myanmar__hopes_for_an_art_renaissance.html
400586411Jason SzepReutersTue, 06 Mar 2012 13:13:54 -0600Israel top court scraps pious Jews' draft exemptionJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's top court struck down on Tuesday a law designed to encourage ultra-Orthodox Jews to join the military and the workforce, saying it had backfired by "entrenching" their blanket draft exemptions and protracted seminary studies.The ruling was welcomed by Israel's secular majority but could set off rifts in Primehttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/06/israel_top_court_scraps_pious_jews__draft_exemption.html
400586404Dan WilliamsReutersTue, 06 Mar 2012 11:14:43 -0600Fukushima: Japan leaders feared "devil's chain reaction"TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister ordered workers to remain at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant last March as fears mounted of a "devil's chain reaction" that would force tens of millions of people to flee Tokyo, a new investigative report shows.Then-premier Naoto Kan and his staff began referring to a worst case scenario thathttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/06/fukushima__japan_leaders_feared__devil_s_chain_reaction_.html
400586403Shinichi SaoshiroReutersTue, 06 Mar 2012 11:13:53 -0600U.N. humanitarian chief says to visit Syria this weekUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. humanitarian affairs chief Valerie Amos said on Monday that the Syrian government had agreed to allow her to visit the conflict-wracked country later this week, an announcement that followed sharp international criticism of Damascus for not letting her into the country."As requested by the Secretary-General (Banhttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/u_n__humanitarian_chief_says_to_visit_syria_this_week.html
400586306Louis CharbonneauReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 16:43:58 -0600Hundreds of anti-Putin protesters detained in RussiaMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian riot police detained more than 500 protesters including opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday at rallies challenging the legitimacy of Vladimir Putin's victory in the presidential election.Putin, who secured almost 64 percent of the votes on Sunday, portrayed his return to the presidency as a triumph over opponentshttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/hundreds_of_anti_putin_protesters_detained_in_russia.html
400586305Lidia Kelly And Alissa De CarbonnelReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 16:43:50 -0600Iran dismisses execution sentence on U.S.-IranianTEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme court on Monday dismissed an execution sentence passed by a revolutionary court against an Iranian-American national accused of spying for the CIA, the semi-official Fars news agency reported."The supreme court nullified the execution sentence against Amir Mirza Hekmati and sent it to an affiliate court," saidhttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/iran_dismisses_execution_sentence_on_u_s__iranian.html
400586284Staff ReporterReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 15:14:04 -0600ICRC reaches Syria's Homs, blocked from worst-hit areaGENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Monday that it had distributed food and other aid to some neighborhoods of the battered Syrian city of Homs but could not get clearance from authorities to enter the hardest-hit district of Baba Amr.The government was still blocking its access to the former rebel bastion,http://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/icrc_reaches_syria_s_homs__blocked_from_worst_hit_area.html
400586283Stephanie NebehayReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 15:13:50 -0600U.N. gravely concerned by Somalia threats, famineUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council expressed grave concern on Monday at the threat posed by Somali pirates and extremist groups as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon warned the African state's humanitarian situation would likely deteriorate again in the coming months.For the past two decades, Somalia has been engulfed in anarchy, chaos andhttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/u_n__gravely_concerned_by_somalia_threats__famine.html
400586275Michelle NicholsReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 14:44:28 -0600Algeria promises Libya it will rein in Gaddafi familyTRIPOLI (Reuters) - The most senior Algerian official to visit Libya since its revolution promised on Monday that members of Muammar Gaddafi's family given refuge on Algerian soil will not be allowed to meddle in Libyan affairs.Algeria's relations with Libya were strained by the rebellion that overthrew Gaddafi last year, disrupting securityhttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/algeria_promises_libya_it_will_rein_in_gaddafi_family.html
400586274Taha ZargounReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 14:44:21 -0600Yemen president vows to pursue Qaeda-linked militantsADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's new president vowed Monday to pursue militants linked to al-Qaeda to their last hiding place after they killed more than 110 soldiers in their deadliest attack on the Yemeni army.The militants said they had also captured 70 soldiers in a raid after suicide bomb attacks on two military posts outside the southern city ofhttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/yemen_president_vows_to_pursue_qaeda_linked_militants.html
400586273Mohammed MukhashafReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 14:44:07 -0600Iran to hold runoff parliamentary voteTEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will hold run-off elections for 65 parliamentary seats, state media said on Monday, after loyalists to the paramount clerical leader won a dominating majority at the expense of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.The widespread defeat of Ahmadinejad's allies in the 290-seat assembly is expected to reduce the president to a lamehttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/iran_to_hold_runoff_parliamentary_vote.html
400586272Staff ReporterReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 14:43:59 -0600U.S. to Nigeria: Develop north to beat Boko HaramABUJA (Reuters) - The United States urged Nigeria to tackle an Islamist insurgency in the north by bringing jobs and development to the deprived region, and it pledged to support Abuja in the task.U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman said on Monday that the United States was looking to establish a consulate in Kano, Nigeria'shttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/u_s__to_nigeria__develop_north_to_beat_boko_haram.html
400586271Camillus EbohReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 14:43:52 -0600"Invisible" president has post-vote Congo on edgeKINSHASA (Reuters) - Three months after one of the world's most expensive elections, the Democratic Republic of Congo has no parliament or new government and its people are beginning to wonder what has become of their publicity-shy president, Joseph Kabila.Never one to seek out the media gaze, Kabila has rationed his public appearances even morehttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/_invisible__president_has_post_vote_congo_on_edge.html
400586244Jonny HoggReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 12:43:50 -0600Militants celebrate after killing 110 Yemeni soldiersADEN (Reuters) - Militants linked to al Qaeda celebrated on Monday one of their deadliest attacks on the Yemeni army, parading military hardware seized after they killed more than 110 soldiers, as the Yemeni president swore to pursue the group with full force.The militants said they had also captured some 70 soldiers in a raid after suicide bombhttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/militants_celebrate_after_killing_110_yemeni_soldiers.html
400586229Mohammed MukhashafReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 14:44:14 -0600IAEA: possible "activities" at Iran military siteVIENNA (Reuters) - The United Nations nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday there were indications of "activities" taking place at an Iranian military site which his inspectors want to visit as part of an investigation into Iran's nuclear program.Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, did not give details abouthttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/iaea__possible__activities__at_iran_military_site.html
400586210Staff ReporterReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 10:43:57 -0600Germany hits back at Lukashenko after gay slurBERLIN (Reuters) - The German government hit back at Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday after his slur on Germany's foreign minister that it was "better to be a dictator than gay"Lukaschenko, branded "Europe's last dictator" by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, lashed out at European Union politicians on Sunday who havehttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/germany_hits_back_at_lukashenko_after_gay_slur.html
400586209Staff ReporterReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 10:43:50 -0600Iceland puts former PM on trial over crisisREYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland began the trial Monday of former prime minister Geir Haarde for failing to prevent a 2008 financial crash, thought to be the only prosecution in the world of a political leader over the crisis.Iceland's top three banks all collapsed in late 2008 after years of debt-fuelled expansion. The country of just 320,000 peoplehttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/iceland_puts_former_pm_on_trial_over_crisis.html
400586202Omar ValdimarssonReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 09:43:58 -0600ICRC reaches Homs but is blocked from worst-hit areaGENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday that it had distributed food and other aid to some neighborhoods of the battered Syrian city of Homs but could not get clearance from authorities to enter the hardest-hit district of Baba Amr.The government was still blocking its access to the former rebel bastion, wherehttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/icrc_reaches_homs_but_is_blocked_from_worst_hit_area.html
400586201Stephanie NebehayReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 09:43:51 -0600Kyrgyz leader seeks to bridge regional divisionsOSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's new leader will seek to extend his government's reach in the turbulent Central Asian state on Monday after an election key to deciding who will run the country's most ethnically divided city.Kyrgyzstan's impoverished south, home to the second-biggest city of Osh, is prone to ethnic violence and drug-relatedhttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/kyrgyz_leader_seeks_to_bridge_regional_divisions.html
400586193Staff ReporterReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 08:43:58 -0600Spain's safety net frays as care workers go unpaidPUERTOLLANO, Spain, March 5 - Mercedes Garcia, the director of a residency for severely mentally disabled adults, has a crisis in her kitchen.Two caterers have been supplying and preparing food for the centre's 46 patients for free for almost a year; the other 18 recently decided they'd had it and refused to provide further service without paymenthttp://www.realclearworld.com/news/reuters/international/2012/Mar/05/spain_s_safety_net_frays_as_care_workers_go_unpaid.html
400586192Paul DayReutersMon, 05 Mar 2012 08:43:51 -0600